40 III. MAQNOLiACEJS. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [MUcium. 



3-6. Peifo^ 9 or more, 3- many;seriate. ^to»iejw indefinite, filaments thick) 

 anthers adnata, introrse. Ovaries indefinite, 1-seriate, 1-ovuled ; style subu' 

 late, recurved. Fruit of spreading compressed hard follicles. Seeds com- 

 pressed, testa hard shining, albumen fleshy.— Distbib. N. America, China, 

 Japan, 'India; species about 5. 



1. I. Griffithll, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 74 j leaves elliptic-lanceolate, peril 

 anth segments about 24. 



Copses in Bhotan and the Khasia hills, alt. 4-5000 ft., Grifith, &c. 



A Bhnib, branches angular, glabrous. Leaves 2-t by 1-2 in., acute at both ends, 

 Coriaceous, shining. limvers IJ in. diam. Sepals 6, qrbicular. Fetals 18, outer 

 oval, inner smaller and narrower. Carpels with a thin fleshy epicarp, woody endocarp, 

 and short subulate incurved buak. — Specimens in bud and fruit only. 



2. Z. majus, H./. & T. ; leaves obovate-oblong or lanceolate, perianth- 

 segments about 16. 



Tenasberim, on the Thoung Gain range, alt. 5500 ft., LoVb. 



A shrub, 30 ft. Leaves 4r-6 by 1^-2 in., sharply acuminate, coriaceous, elabuouB 

 shining abov« ; petiole 1 iti. Plbwers pink. Pediseli 1-3 in., subterminal, solitary or 

 fascicled. Sepals and petals orbicular, ciliate, inner broad-oval. Filaments short, 

 broader than the oblong anthers. Ovaries spreading. Fruit unknown. 



3. TAX.AVIMCA, Juss. 



Trees or shrubs. Zeaws and inflorescence of J/agrreoZia. Sepals 3. Petals S 

 or rs^re. in 2 or inore whorls. iStowiisTW very numerous, many-seriate;, anthers 

 linear, introrse. Gynophore, sessile. Oi'aj-ies indefinite, 2-ovuled, spiked or 

 capitate ; stigmas decurrent. .Carpehwoody, separating from the woody axis 

 at the ventral suture, and leaving the seeds suspended from the latter by an 

 elastic cord. Seeds of MagnoUa.—DisiBiB. Tropics of E. Asia and S. Ame- 

 rica, and in Japan ,; species about 15. 



1. T. Kodgrsonl, H.fi&'TiM.Ind. 74; leaves obovate-oblong acute or 

 obtuse glabrous, ovaries glabrous, fruit ovoid, carpels sharply beaked. 

 H.f.ni.Eim.Pl.t.Q. 



Forests of the SjSkim Himalaya and of the Khasia hills, alt. 4-5000 ft. 



A lofty evergreen tree. Leaves 8-20 by 4-9 in., coriaceous, petiole 1-2 in. Flowert 

 white, odorous; peduncle short, thick; buds subglobose, 2-3 in. diam. JiViti* 4-6 in.; 

 carpels 14 by 1 in. ; pits of the axis deep, nearly s(juare. 



2. T. Rabanlana, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 75 ; leaves lanceolate glabrous, 

 ovaries glabrous, fruit ovoid, carpels shortly beaked. Liriodendron lilii- 

 fera, Roxh. Fl. Ind. n. 654. 



Forests of the Khasia hills, alt. 4000 ft. J?./. & T. 



A loft^ tree. Leaves 8-12 by 2-4 in. ; petiole 1 in. FruU 4-6 in., longer than 

 broad ; pits of the axis shallow, elongated. 



3. T. lanig-era, H.f. & T. ,- leaves lanceolate acute at both ends, gla- 

 brous, ovaries densely woody, ripe fruit unknown. 



Easteun Peninsula, Griffith. 



A tree. Leaves 12 by 5 in.; petiole 1 in., thickened below. Flowers large, odorous ; 

 peduncle densely tomentose. Sepals 3, tomentose, at length glabrate. Petals about -8, 

 oblong, fleshy, exceeding the sefalfe. Carpels (immature) densely woolly, beak glabrous, 



4. T. mutabills, Blume Fl. Jav. Magnol. 24, t. 10-12 ; leaves elliptic 

 or lanceolate acuminate usually pilose or downy beneath, fruit ovoid) ; 



